Table 2.

Characteristics of Physician-Patient Interactions Associated with Patient Beliefs that a Newly Prescribed Medication Lacked Side Effects; n = 45 medications prescribed to 39 patients

Characteristic of physician-patient interaction	n (%)
Physician did not convey potential side effects	35 (77.8%)
Patient did not engage in conversation about side effect (e.g., no follow-up comment)	20 (44.4%)
Multiple medications were prescribed during the office visit	21 (46.7%)
Physician did not explicitly use the word “side effect”	7 (15.6%)
Physician qualified discussion of side effects with “virtually none” or “generally well tolerated”	5 (11.1%)
Physician used complex medical terminology	1 (2.2%)
Patient told physician that they would not get side effect	1 (2.2%)